'Tortured' by senior, woman cop ends life in Tirupur

Unable to bear the continuous 'torture' by her senior woman police official, a constable in Tirupur district allegedly ended her life by consuming poison.

Gayathri, in her mid-20s, consumed poison on Friday night at her house and left for the all-woman police station at Dharmapuram, police said. She collapsed in front of the station. Some of her colleagues got her admitted to a nearby hospital where she died later, they said.

Gayathri, hailing from Katpadi village in Dindigul district was upset as her senior official at the station used to abuse and torture her. She was also asked by her senior to do some domestic chores, police said.

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